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Partridge, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Eolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40862. It stands on Andy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roxana quadrangle. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.

Partridge within Letcher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Partridge between 1995 and 2017, burning about 7,029 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOWAN
23 June 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 June 2002Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 June 2008Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 May 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLYNCH
8 April 2002Debris and open burning700 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Partridge: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J.H. Mills ProspectIronProspect
Orebank RidgeIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Letcher County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Partridge in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPartridge-County highway department reported a tree down on KY-3403 in the vicinity of Partridge.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPartridge-County highway department reported a tree blown down onto Old US-119 at Partridge.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPartridge-Couple of large tree limbs blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPartridge-Trees were down across Highway 119.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPartridge-Numerous trees were down along Kentucky Highway 119.
June 2001HailPartridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Letcher County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kings Creek3.2 miles16
Linefork3.4 miles16
Line Fork (historical)3.4 miles16
Flint3.6 miles16
Big Cowan (historical)4.7 miles18
Kingdom Come (historical)5.2 miles16
Day5.2 miles18
Hubert (historical)5.7 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PartridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691098The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508781. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.